On a bitterly cold morning in January 1963, Daisy Zick was brutally murdered in her Battle Creek home. No fewer than three witnesses caught a glimpse of the killer, yet today, it remains one of Michigan's most sensational unsolved crimes. The act of pure savagery rocked not only the community but also the Kellogg Company, where she worked. Here, Blaine Pardoe artfully takes the reader into this true crime thriller. Utilizing long-sealed police files and interviews with the surviving investigators, the true story of the investigation can finally be told. Who were the key suspects? What evidence does the police still have on this five-decades-old cold case? Just how close did this murder come to being solved? Is the killer still alive? These questions and more are masterfully brought to the forefront for true crime fans and armchair detectives.
Blaine Pardoe is the author of 10 novels with Penguin as well as paranormal, non-fiction military, true-crime and business-management books. His media resume includes interviews with Bill O'Reilly, The New York Times and radio shows all over Michigan and the country. The Michigan Historical Society gave Blaine the State History Award in 2011. David B. Schock runs Delayed Justice, a website dedicated to solving cold cases. Schock is a former associate professor at Hope College in Holland, MI. There he worked with students in documentary and other media classes where they discovered that telling a story can lead to powerful results.